diff --git a/srcpkgs/boswars/template b/srcpkgs/boswars/template
index a0ea66184e..4587f93cfd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boswars/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boswars/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://boswars.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/releases/boswars-${version}-src.tar.gz"
 checksum=dc3718f531e9ea413cf37e1333b62a4c5e69f1405502d9c59b9e424635135e3e
+broken="fails lint (ELF in /usr/share)"
 
 post_extract() {
 	#png bugfix for version 2.7, https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?39610